“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.”

—  Julius Caesar

The Civil War, Book III, 68; variant translation: "In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes."

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Sed fortuna, quae plurimum potest cum in reliquis rebus tum praecipue in bello, parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit; ut tum accidit.

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